AeroClave

What AeroClave does

AeroClave, LLC is a privately held Winter Park, Florida-based manufacturer founded in 2003 by emergency physician Dr. Ron Brown that develops and sells automated decontamination and disinfection systems for vehicles, facilities, and aircraft. Its core technology is a proprietary fogging architecture that disperses EPA-registered Vital Oxide disinfectant in 6–20 micron droplets through nozzle arrays to achieve whole-room, whole-vehicle, and whole-aircraft surface and air decontamination, marketed under the "Room as a System" approach. The product line spans portable units (RDS 3110, RDS 6110, tPADS), permanently installed systems for vehicles (ADS) and facilities (Hydra), a modular accessory ecosystem built around ADP port technology (ADP-PT, ADP-EX, APA Hand Applicator), and the proprietary Vital Oxide consumable.

AeroClave serves five primary verticals — Fire/EMS, Law Enforcement/Corrections, Hospitals/Labs/Vets, Commercial Aircraft/MRO, and Military/Defense — and lists prominent public-sector customers including the U.S. Department of Defense (JBADS prime contract), FAA, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, FDNY, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, and municipal governments such as Boston, Chicago, Plano, and Alachua County. The company holds multiple patents and the only FAA- and DoD-validated whole-aircraft sterilization system, with compliance to Boeing aircraft interior decontamination specifications.

Revenue is generated through hardware system sales and consumables (primarily Vital Oxide), distributed via a direct sales force with segregated channels for commercial, military, and international buyers, supplemented by an e-commerce storefront and dedicated defense (aeroclavedefense.com) and international (France, Latin America, Portugal, German-speaking markets) regional websites. Pricing is quote-based for enterprise and government accounts rather than publicly listed. The company maintains an Investor Portal, suggesting some outside capital, but no institutional funding rounds, M&A, or public-equity events are disclosed.

Name

AeroClave

Legal name

AeroClave, LLC

Website

https://aeroclave.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AeroClave, founded in 2003 in Winter Park, Florida, designs and manufactures automated fogging-based decontamination systems for vehicles, facilities, and aircraft, serving Fire/EMS, law enforcement, hospitals, aviation MRO, and U.S. military customers with hardware and proprietary EPA-registered disinfectant consumables.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Decontamination and Disinfection Equipment

NAICS

Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing (333413), Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing (32561)

SIC

Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip (3564), Specialty Cleaning, Polishing And Sanitation Preparations (2842)

akta.pro primary industry

Disinfection & Surface Decontamination (Wipes, Sprays, Fogging, UV Robots) (HLAHANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Air Quality & Filtration Equipment (IAQ) (IMAHAKAI), Infectious Disease/Pathogen Decontamination (HSAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Decontamination systems
• Disinfection equipment
• Infection control
• Vehicle decontamination
• Pathogen elimination

Headquarters

HQ city

Winter Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hardware Systems Sales: Sale of decontamination equipment including RDS 3110, RDS 6110, ADS, and related accessories. Products are sold directly through company website, e-store, and sales representatives to government agencies, healthcare facilities, and enterprise clients.
2. Accessories and Consumables: Sales of proprietary accessories including ADP ports, hand applicators, and proprietary Vital Oxide disinfectant solution for use with AeroClave systems.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AeroClave develops, manufactures, and sells automated decontamination and disinfection systems that use proprietary fogging technology paired with EPA-registered Vital Oxide disinfectant to eliminate pathogens on surfaces and in air within vehicles, rooms, facilities, and aircraft. The company sells portable, wheeled, permanently installed, and transportable decontamination units, plus proprietary accessories and consumables, to government agencies, first responders, healthcare facilities, aviation operators, and military/defense customers.

Product overview

AeroClave offers an unrivaled line of decontamination systems designed for specific industry applications. The product portfolio includes portable units (RDS 3110 and RDS 6110) for treating rooms and vehicles, permanently installed systems (ADS, Hydra System, ADP Technology) for vehicles and facilities, the tPADS for transportable military applications, and Vital Oxide as the EPA-registered disinfectant used across all systems. The ADP (AeroClave Decontamination Port) technology provides a modular ecosystem enabling various accessories and configurations. For over a decade, these systems have been tested by first-responder, healthcare, and military organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aerocave Defense Solutions: Military and defense-specific decontamination solutions (aeroclavedefense.com)
• Vital Oxide
• RDS 3110
• RDS 6110
• ADS (Ambulance Decontamination System)
• ADP Technology
• Hydra System
• tPADS

Products and services

• RDS 3110 Portable room decontamination system built in a Pelican case for vehicles, facilities, aircraft, and equipment. Features 2 permanently installed fogging heads, 1 ADP Port for hand applicator or fogging port, and 5,000 cu ft (142 cu M) single-cycle capacity. Weight: 48 lbs (22 KG).
• RDS 6110 Wheeled portable decontamination system for large facilities. Features 4 permanently installed fogging heads, 2 ADP Ports for hand applicators, and 15,000 cu ft (425 cu M) single-cycle capacity. Includes user and facility management software. Weight: 154 lbs (70 KG).
• ADS (Ambulance Decontamination System) Permanently installed onboard decontamination system that is independently self-powered, enabling decontamination of vehicles without entering them. The first decontamination system directly integrated into vehicles.
• Hydra System Permanently installed wall-mount system (mRDS) for decontaminating rooms and facilities. Features multiple configurations and ADP Port(s) for hand applicators.
• tPADS (Transportable Portable Asset Decontamination System) Portable decontamination system designed for rapid asset decontamination, particularly for military and emergency response applications. Derived from the original PADS (Portable Asset Decontamination System).
• Vital Oxide EPA-registered hospital disinfectant with broad-spectrum antimicrobial efficacy against bacteria, viruses, spores, molds, and mildews. Non-toxic and non-corrosive. Used as the proprietary disinfectant with all AeroClave systems.
• ADP Technology (AeroClave Decontamination Port) Decontamination port technology providing plug-and-play method to connect accessories for delivery of disinfectant into rooms and vehicles. Includes ADP-PT (for Type I & III ambulances) and ADP-EX (for Type II ambulances).
• APA Hand Applicator Accessory that allows both manual hand-application to spot treat high contact surfaces and remote-head fogging. Connects directly to RDS using ADP connector with 25-foot cable and spray gun.

Quantifiable outcome

• 34% decrease in unscheduled time off (UTO) for fire department personnel
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003Joint Biological Agent Decontamination System (JBADS) program collaboration. Demonstrated biothermal decontamination of C-130 aircraft at Little Rock Air Force Base.
• United States Department of DefenseflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperative development of the world's only validated whole-aircraft sterilization system. Awarded JBADS (Joint Biological Agent Decontamination System) prime contract in 2019. Demonstrated 6-log interior sterilization of C-130 test aircraft using biothermal decon at Little Rock Air Force Base under AFRL's JBADS program.
• FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperative development of validated whole-aircraft sterilization system. Demonstrated complete kill of test organism throughout entire test 747 at FAA's Civilian Aeromedical Institute. AeroClave process meets all Boeing's aircraft interior decontamination specifications.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bioquell (Ecolab): Now part of Ecolab, Bioquell provides hydrogen peroxide vapor bio-decontamination systems for pharmaceutical, healthcare, and life-science customers. Overlaps with AeroClave in high-level disinfection use cases but operates as part of Ecolab's broader hygiene portfolio.
• CloroxPro (Clorox): Mass-market disinfectant and cleaning-products business supplying healthcare and institutional customers. Competes indirectly with AeroClave through broad-spectrum EPA-registered disinfectants that customers may use in place of automated fogging systems.
• STERIS: Global sterilization and infection prevention incumbent with extensive healthcare and life-sciences footprint. Provides competing disinfection and sterilization technologies and is the dominant scaled player in adjacent hospital infection-control categories.
• Ecolab: Global water, hygiene, and infection-prevention leader serving healthcare, hospitality, and food-service customers. Provides disinfectant chemistries and (via Bioquell) vapor decontamination, competing across both Vital Oxide-like chemistry and adjacent fogging categories.
• 3M: Diversified industrial and healthcare conglomerate with a meaningful infection-prevention and cleaning-chemicals portfolio (now being spun off as Solventum for healthcare). Competes broadly for institutional disinfection procurement and adjacent surface-disinfection product budgets.

Emerging players

• Tru-D SmartUVC: UV-C disinfection robot vendor focused on hospital room terminal cleaning. Competes with AeroClave's RDS/Hydra systems for the same healthcare facility disinfection procurement cycles.
• Xenex Disinfection Services: Pioneer in UV-C light-pulsed robot disinfection for hospitals, directly competing for the same healthcare and EMS infection-control budgets as AeroClave, but with a different modality (UV-C rather than fogging).
• R-Zero Systems: Well-funded UV-C disinfection hardware and IoT platform targeting schools, offices, and healthcare. Adjacent competitor for the same facility-level pathogen-control dollar, especially in education and commercial buildings where AeroClave also sells.

Direct peers

• TOMI Environmental Solutions: Direct competitor offering SteraMist, an EPA-registered ionized hydrogen peroxide/fogging disinfection platform targeting healthcare, public health, and biosafety customers. Closely comparable product technology, regulatory approach, and vertical segmentation to AeroClave.
• Halosil International: Direct competitor providing fogging-based disinfection systems (HaloMist, HaloFogger) for healthcare, education, and commercial customers. Competes head-to-head with AeroClave's RDS product family on technology, channels, and customer verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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